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Eagan, Mn

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Led the enterprise Item technology portfolio team of 14 team members, accountable for a $40M annual development budget across six complex business applications. Influenced merchandising technology strategy by guiding the item domain roadmap. This foundation enabled the enterprise to meet omni-channel objectives by creating a single source of truth for item data across all selling channels.Launched the implementation of an enterprise Product Information Management solution consisting of a vendor package, STEP, closely integrated with multiple legacy applications. Secured funding, formed and oversaw the team implementing this $36M program spanning three years. Optimized resource cost by assembling and managing a distributed team of more than 100 people consisting of team members and contractors located in Minneapolis, Atlanta and Bangalore, India.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Headed the enterprise Product Design & Development and Merchandise Presentation technology portfolio teams responsible for a $50M combined annual development budget spanning more than 40 integrated business applications.Compressed time to market for the owned-brand apparel business by restructuring and overseeing a $23M program that delivered a PTC FlexPLM package. Transformed the vendor relationship to a highly effective partnership.Simplified the merchandising architectural footprint by retiring 15 legacy applications.Saved $500k by remodeling the delivery team to include offshore vendor partner, along with the software vendor and Target teams that delivered a $30M merchandise presentation solution, integrating JDA Space Planning with multiple legacy systems.

Bengaluru Area, India

Pioneered offshore portfolio management by heading the enterprise Product Design & Development and Merchandise Presentation technology portfolios. Increased project management capacity by recruiting and cultivating a team of project managers, growing from two to eight team members.Chartered the first Technology Leadership Program at Target India that created a pipeline of developing technology professionals to the organization.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Saved the enterprise $10M annually in lost revenue and collection fees by delivering a custom web-based solution both internal- and external-facing that automated the processing of $3B annual vendor income.Maximized development efficiency by merging 15 separate teams into an integrated 100-person distributed team focused on the same goal.Earned an Outstanding Team Award at National Sales Meeting recognizing the significant contribution to the organization.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Pioneered project delivery at Target India by forming and managing a team that delivered the first project at Target developed entirely by Target India team members.Increased business analysis capacity by defining the role, securing the positions and recruiting the right people for the business analyst role at Target India.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Transformed business processes by designing and implementing web-based solutions for business partners, resulting in increased capability visibility, compliance and collaboration.Delivered a custom-developed vendor portal used by all Target vendors.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Supply Chain consultant implementing i2 Technologies solutions.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area